Last week of term 3 - personal timetables

During the last week of term 3, everyone planned their own week based around what activities needed to be finished.  It was amazing to see the places people worked and how much got finished.  See below:

Tennis

In the last week of school coaches from the Burnside Park Tennis Club taught us some tennis skills.  Check them out...

Ilam School Olympics Day

Enjoy a slideshow of photos and video clips below of our Olympics Day!

Ilam Olympics Day - free slideshows with music

Pandemonium in the hall

On Thursday 13th September, a musical percussion group called Pandemonium visited Ilam School.  We were treated to a 'round-the-world' trip hearing music from the Cook Islands, Africa, South America and more.  We got to join in one of the Samba songs.  Listen here:

Here is a clip of Lydia playing the drums with one of the group members.

The performance finished with the Bongo Song, which many of the children know, so they got up and danced.   Unfortunately I didn't get a clip of Room 19 enjoying it.

Sky full of colours

The most amazing colours were in the sky outside Room 19 last night.  The camera couldn't even capture what it was like to see, but it gives you an idea of the beautiful sunset.

A few minutes after I took these photos, this happened:

Then:

The ground was rumbling beneath my feet and I almost dived under the pile of cushions on the couch!  IT WAS LOUD!

Fizzing and Foaming - Experiment 1

Today we started off a science unit called Fizzing and Foaming, learning about chemical reactions.  We made sherbet using the following recipe and process:

We learnt when a carbonate, in this case the baking soda, and an acid, the citric and tartaric acids, are mixed together with moisture present, it creates CO2 (carbon dioxide) which are the gas bubbles fizzing on our tongues.  What a tasty way to learn!

French lesson

Today we had a visit from a teacher from France.  She spent the afternoon in Room 19 and at the end of the day she taught us to say Hello, what is your name?  My name is ............  How are you?  I am ..................  We had fun practising and here is a short clip of some of us.

Hello - Bonjour!
What is your name? -Comment tu t'appelles?
My name is....... - Je m'appelle...
How are you? - Comment ca va?


Try out your french here or here